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starring: Hari Rhodes, Alex Rocco, Vonetta McGee, Ella Edwards, Scatman Crothersdirected by: Arthur Marks
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788814044
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0788814044
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: July 18, 2000
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 45799
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
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Amazon.com:
This snappy, cynical cop thriller was marketed as a 'blaxploitation' film when released in 1973, but it's really a mixed-cast godson of The French Connection and The Seven Ups set in the racially volatile cauldron of 1970s Detroit. Alex Rocco (Moe Green from The Godfather) stars as a veteran detective on the Detroit police force, a sinus-infected loner who's bitter from constantly being passed over for promotion. Assigned to a political powder keg--the high-profile heist of a black gubernatorial candidate's big money fundraiser--he's paired up with an educated, smart-dressing black hotshot (Hari Rhodes), a fast-rising star in the department. These guys are no Lethal Weapon act; they may earn a grudging mutual respect but never really like or trust one another. The climactic 25-minute chase is edgy and lean and very violent, spiced with big bloody gunshot wounds and victims writhing in tortured death spasms, and the film concludes on an unusually satisfying note of ambiguity and cynicism. Marks went on to direct Friday Foster and J.D.'s Revenge. The title, by the way, refers to the police code for 'officer in trouble.' Virtually unseen since its premiere, it was rescued by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder label for a brief theatrical revival and subsequent video release. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Another Big Score
There is a fund-raising party in Detroit to support a politician who wants to be the next governor. But a half-dozen masked men show up and rob the attendees of their money and jewelry. They make a getaway, the police are under pressure to solve the crime in a few days. The Detroit river police pull a trunk out of the river. The body had its legs cut off. One was cleanly done as if by a surgeon, the other leg was crudely cut off with a hacksaw. Is there a connection here to the crime?
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Rating: - Urban Crackdown
Tough, gritty crime drama; finally gave Hari Rhodes a shot at starring role (remember him as the early on drug pusher in "Sharkey's Machine?). One of the better flix from the so-called blaxplotation era.
Rating: - Motown '70's gangsta scene
Probably never gonna be a famous "must see" type movie, but a whale of an entertaining piece this is! We rarely get to see the Motor City in the distinction as the prime locale for a major film, but this proves to be a notable and entertaining exception. No real Hollywood high profile stars here: Alex Rocco, Vonetta McGee and Hari Rhodes are the headliners closest to that category. Nonetheless, it is a fast paced tour-de-force of Police corruption and Black Power machinations in an era of nascent ... Read More
Rating:  - Racism, Muder, Politics, Detroit Style.
This crime drama/mystery is set in a post-riot Detroit, and touches on many issues that Motown has yet to resolve.
First we have an elegant, well scripted political fundraiser for the potential first black governor of Michigan. This event is held at the still open Book-Caddilac Hotel, and you will see a number of Detroit landmarks in this film that were still in use at this time (1973), and today they are either gone (Union Depot, JL Hudson), or remaining as a ruin (Caddilac Hotel).
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Rating:  - BORING!!!!
This movie starts out alright, with some good chase scenes and a few shoot-outs, but then it just becomes incredibly boring. Detroit 9000 becomes so slow paced, that it will put you to sleep.
SNOR-FEST.....ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz
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